T.G.'s Photography Blog

Recently, CSX and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have been moving some equipment of the 10th Mountain Division back home to Fort Drum, New York. Over the first two weeks of February, five trains carrying military equipment have made their way through the Central New York area. All five of the trains going to Fort Drum have been led by Kansas City Southern and  Kansas City Southern de Mexico  locomotives. Since foreign power on CSX's Rochester Subdivision is rarer now than in the past, I headed out last Wednesday to catch the fourth train. KCSM 4879 & KCS 4053 lead W810-03 at MP 298, at Warners, NY. The trains were reported to be moving equipment back to Fort Drum, from Fort Polk, Louisiana. They traveled over the KCS from Fort Polk, Louisiana, north to Kansas City (KC), Missouri. Then, from KC the trains head east over the KCS to Rose Lake, Illinois, just north of East St. Louis, Illinois . From Rose Lake the trains continued northeast on CSX through Indianapolis, Indiana; ...

December 13, 2011. Godfrey, Illinois. Kansas City Southern 2, KCS 3, and KCS 1 are pushing KCS' holiday train south on the Godfrey Subdivision at the Route 111 crossing. Photo © Tom Gatermann

December 13, 2011. Delhi, Illinois. Under an overcast sky, with rain falling, Kansas City Southern (KCS) 2, KCS 3, and KCS 1, push KCS' holiday train down the main line at Range Line Road. The train was heading to Godfrey, IL. for display later that evening. Photo © Tom Gatermann

October 14, 2007. East St. Louis, Illinois. Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM) 1314 (EMD SDP40) and TFM 1439 (EMD SD40-2) sit in the Gateway Western/KCS yard in East St. Louis, IL. Both TFM and Gateway Western are part of Kansas City Southern. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM) 4546 and Larry's Truck & Electric (LETX) 8858 ( EMD SD40T-2 ) are south bound on the point of Union Pacific train, ZYCHOB 13. This is a high priority train running between Yard Center near Chicago, Illinois, and Houston, Texas. In the background is the J.B. Bridge, which carries Interstate 255 across the Mississippi River, between South St. Louis County, in MO., and Columbia, IL. KCSM 4546 is a GE built locomotive, model GE AC44CW. Photo taken: October 14, 2007. Columbia, Illinois.

TFM 1437 (EMD SD40-2) sits between Kansas City Southern 670 (EMD SD40-2) and Kansas City Southern 606 (EMD SD40-3) at the KCS yard in East St. Louis, IL.  October 19, 2007. East St. Louis, Illinois.

KCS 2016 - UP KC Metro Subdivision Kansas City Southern 2016 (a GE AC44CW) leads a train of covered hoppers west on Union Pacific's KC Metro Subdivision , as a BNSF freight train rolls across the southern approach to the Hannibal Bridge . In the background is the ASB (Amour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge which is also a railroad bridge. Both the Hannibal Bridge and the ASB Bridge cross over the Missouri River between Kansas City, Missouri, and North Kansas City, Missouri. Both bridges are owned by the BNSF Railway. The ASB Bridge is a lift-span bridge, while the Hannibal Bridge is a swing-span bridge. Photo taken: May 26, 2004. Kansas City, Missouri.